J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cow Grazing, Seen from the Front c.1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cow Grazing, Seen from the Front’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Verso:
A Cow Grazing, Seen from the Front c.1801
D03729
Turner Bequest LXII 8a
Pencil on white laid paper, 184 x 117 mm
Partial watermark: emblem
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned vertically. For a general discussion of the cattle which form the exclusive subject of this sketchbook, see the Introduction.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cow Grazing, Seen from the Front c.1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-cow-grazing-seen-from-the-front-r1178335, accessed 20 April 2024.